Sending US
marines to Guatemala looks like it might just have been part of what William Brownfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, promised Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina in late March. This meeting came shortly after President Perez made his thoughts on drug decriminalization public. Here's what I wrote
then.
Following their meeting, Brownfield said that the US was willing to increase aid to Guatemala to continue the fight against drug trafficking.
The US support will come in the form of additional aircraft, particularly helicopters, as well as well as technical assistance in aviation, increased intelligence, strengthening anti-gang programs, support for prosecutors, specialized security units, drug control, prison reform, border control, and bilateral exchanges of digital fingerprints, among others.
